June 16, 2014

The agenda included proposals related to the display of history notes, as well as the display of period tables in the 890s, both driven by the user experience in WebDewey. Several proposals were approved to clarify actions already intended or allowed: (1) the use of T1—028 Auxiliary techniques and procedures; apparatus, equipment, materials to express 3D printing applications; (2) the interpretation of regional groups in Table 5 to mean regional groups viewed as a whole population, as if they were national groups; (3) the ability to add notation T1—0901–0905 Historical periodsto 930-990: 004 Ethnic and national groups, when appropriate; and (4) the classification of personal bibliographies for people associated with a subject in 016 Bibliographies and catalogs of works on specific subjects. Other proposals that were approved include updates to the classification in Table 2 for Peru and Greece; provision under 306.44 Language to add Table 6 notation; regularization of T1—08 Groups of people treatment under 346.013 Capacity and status of persons; expansions in Table 4 and the 400s for schools, theories, methodologies of linguistics; thorough updating of developments for land vehicles in transportation’s 388.34 Vehicles and engineering’s 629.22 Types of vehicles; and updates in the 900s to untangle the new archaeology developments from historical periods for several regions.

Two areas in which EPC has considered proposals over the course of multiple meetings—weapons and angiosperms—were also represented at Meeting 137. The next step for weapons will be a completely worked out proposal for EPC review and approval. The next step for angiosperms is also a fully developed proposal; here we are proposing to adopt a new taxonomic basis. Expect to hear more about both of these areas.

The committee considered discussion papers on the law of indigenous peoples, medieval European law, and Native American topics, all of which will return to EPC as full-blown proposals.

The committee had a wide-ranging discussion on Dewey’s value as an international standard for knowledge organization; as such, it can be leveraged into a variety of products, not only for classification, but also for knowledge discovery. The meeting also included presentations on a new website for the Dewey Section at the Library of Congress (coming soon to a screen near you!—we’ll keep you posted on its availability), Fiction Finder, topic enhancement of the DDC, and synonym management in the Relative Index.

One follow-up electronic meeting has been scheduled for September 2014. Meeting 137A will consider updated exhibits on the possibility of base numbers in add instructions ending in 0, computer science updates, digital collections, local church, 21st century art styles, winter sports, and the treatment and display of numbers for comprehensive and interdisciplinary works. The next face-to-face meeting of EPC—Meeting 138—will again be held at OCLC headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, and is presently scheduled for 8-9 June 2015.

How was that number built? At 930-990 History of specific continents, countries, localities; extraterrestrial worlds is the main add note for building history numbers: "Add to base number 9 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2, e.g., general history of Europe 940, of England 942, of Norfolk, England 942.61; then add further . . . . "

In the add table under 930-990 at notation 0041-0049 Specific ethnic and national groups is the add note: "Add to 004 notation T5--1-T5--9 from Table 5, e.g., history and civilization of North American native peoples in New York 974.700497."

Notation from Table 5 for Crimean Tatars is T5—94388 Crimean Tatars.

See also earlier blog post about building numbers for history of Ukraine.

A work that emphasizes the interaction of nationalism and migration in shaping group identity is The Crimean Tatars: The Diaspora Experience and the Forging of a Nation. It is classed in the number for social aspects of Crimean Tatars as an ethnic group: 305.894388 Crimean Tatars—social aspects. How was the number built? At 305.81-305.89 Specific ethnic and national groups is the add note: "Add to base number 305.8 notation T5--1-T5--9 from Table 5, e.g., comprehensive works on Jews 305.8924, Chinese 305.8951, Chinese Australians 305.8951094, Inuit 305.89712." Hence the number was built with base number 305.8 plus notation T5—94388 Crimean Tatars. The instruction at the start of Table 5 about adding zero plus area notation was not followed because the diaspora is widespread.

How were these numbers built? The basic number for history of Ukraine has two addfootnotes: 947.7 *†Ukraine*Add as instructed under 930-990†Add historical periods as instructed under 947.5-947.9

At 930-990 History of specific continents, countries, localities; extraterrestrial worlds is the basic instruction for building history numbers: "Add to base number 9 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2, e.g., general history of Europe 940, of England 942, of Norfolk, England 942.61; then add further . . . . "

Notation from Table 2 for Ukraine is T2—477 Ukraine.

Notation for historical periods is added according to the instructions at 947.5-947.9European countries of former Soviet Union other than Russia; Caucasus area of Russia:"Except for modifications shown under specific entries, add to each subdivision identified by † as follows. . . . " What follows is a detailed history period table, including, e.g., 0841 1917-1940. Hence the number 947.70841 Ukraine—1917-1940 can be built (base number9 plus T2—477 as instructed at 930-990 plus 0841 1917-1940 as instructed at 947.5-947.9).

February 18, 2013

As a previous post
explained, the beta version of the WebDewey number building tool typically
required use of the Edit Local function to get the correct number of zeros for a
standard subdivision when it was on more than one zero. The newest version of WebDewey is
considerably more adept, which we will demonstrate with several examples, each
of which explores a different piece of the puzzle.

Example 1. First we revisit the
number from our previous post. Until now
we would need to invoke the Edit Local function to get this number right, but now
the number building tool gets it right on its own. Repeating from that post: "Let's use the number-building tool to build
368.11009 for a history of fire insurance.
We start by retrieving our base number 368.11 *Fire insurance and then clicking Start. Since 368.11 has an add instruction, 'Add as
instructed under 368.1–368.8,' that span and its immediate subordinates are
displayed in the hierarchy box, and the internal add table under 368.1–368.8 is
displayed in the Notes box."

Since the standard subdivision we want to add is not modified under
368.1–368.8, we
navigate to T1—09 History, and click
Add. The number building tool now
correctly adds the extra zero for us:

Example 2. This time, let's use
the number-building tool to build 368.110065
for fire insurance companies. We start in the same way by retrieving our
base number 368.11 *Fire insurance
and then clicking Start. Notation 0065 Insurance companies from the
expansion under 368.1–368.8:006
is not a standard subdivision, however, but is special notation. (See section 8.4 of the Introduction for
further clarification.) In this case, we
navigate to the special notation and click Add, giving us our built number,
with the correct number of zeros:

The general principle is to add standard subdivisions by navigating to
and adding from Table 1, but to add special notation from expansions under
standard subdivisions by navigating to and adding the special notation from the
add table where it appears. Following these general principles will result
in incorporating the most appropriate coding for the underlying MARC record.

Example 3. An exception to the
general principle stated above applies if a standard subdivision number or
range in an add table has an associated add instruction. In this case, we need to navigate to the add
table notation, not to Table 1. If we
want, for example, to build 224.50046
for apocalyptic passages in the book of
Daniel, we begin by retrieving 224.5
Daniel and clicking Start. The
footnote add instruction at 224.5 tells
us to add as instructed under 221–229
Specific parts of Bible, Apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, intertestamental works. We navigate to 001-009 Standard subdivisions in the add table under 221–229 because of the
add instruction associated with 001-009. That gets us to this point:

We click Add, then navigate to 220.046
Apocalyptic passages, and click Add.
Our final result is just what we want:

Why can't I start with a built number already in the
DDC and add further to it?

The number building tool does not support extension to existing built
numbers (other than direct addition of notation from Table 1 to the built
number). If the number has been built with one step, the number building tool
attempts to decompose the number automatically. If you click Start, the base
number will appear in the Create-built-number box, and the notation taken away
from the built number you started with will be displayed as the suggested
addition to the base number in the hierarchy box.

It's possible you may have categorized the behavior
described by "If the number has been built with one step, the number building
tool attempts to decompose the number automatically" as a shortcut. Letting the number building tool attempt to
decompose numbers automatically can get in the way, however, of correct addition of standard subdivisions. Let's say that you want to build 966.9005 Nigeria—serial publications. Start by going to the record with the add
instruction that allows you to build 966.9; that is, first retrieve 930–990 History of
specific continents, countries, localities; extraterrestrial worlds and
click Start:

December 31, 2012

A recent blog post on the rule of
three ended with an example that depended on the comprehensive number for Minor
Prophets. We quickly realized that we
shouldn’t let too much time pass before addressing comprehensive numbers, or alternatively,
numbers for comprehensive works.

Section 7.16 of the DDC Introduction explains that "comprehensive works
treat a subject from various points of view within a single discipline.
Comprehensive works may be stated or implied."
Comprehensive works that are made
explicit are, of course, easy to recognize.
When the class-elsewhere note at 005.82
Data encryption reads, "Class comprehensive works on electronic signatures
in 005.8" and the class-here note at 006.42
Optical pattern recognition reads "Class here comprehensive works on optical
pattern recognition and computer graphics," the presence of a comprehensive
works number is uncontroversial. But how
can one recognize an implied comprehensive works number?

See references play a major role in helping the user to identify
implied comprehensive works numbers. As
stated in section 7.20 of the Introduction, "see references lead from a stated
or implied comprehensive number for a concept to the component (subordinate)
parts of that concept in a different notational hierarchy." For example:

For air guided missile forces, see 358.42;
for naval guided missile forces, see 359.9817

The see references in this entry give evidence that 358.17 Guided
missile forces is the comprehensive works number for the subject in the
caption. Specific points of view (that
is, of air guided missile forces and of naval guided missile forces) are drawn
off to other numbers. At 358.42 Bombing
forces, we find air-to-underwater guided missile forces mentioned in the
including note and find air-to-surface guided missile forces and comprehensive
works on air guided missile forces mentioned in the class-here note. A see reference in this entry draws off
air-to-air guided missile forces in turn to 358.43 Pursuit and fighter
forces.

If we had a work on guided missile forces in general, it would be
classed in 358.17 Guided missile forces.
If, however, we had a work on air-to-surface guided missile forces,
air-to-underwater guided missile forces (both 358.42) and air-to-air guided
missile forces (358.43), we would use the comprehensive works number for air
guided missile forces, i.e., 358.42 Bombing forces. (We would also choose 358.42 over 358.43 by
the first-of-two rule.)

Section 7.20 of the Introduction continues: "throughout Table 2, see references (often in
footnote form) lead from the implied comprehensive number for a jurisdiction,
region, or feature to its subordinate parts in other classes." For example:

*For a specific
part of this jurisdiction, region, or feature, see the part and follow
instructions under —4–9

The Danube flows through or borders numerous countries, including
Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova,
Ukraine, and Romania. Class numbers have
been designated specifically for the Danube River in Germany, i.e., T2—433 Bavaria (Bayern), and in
Austria, i.e., T2—43612 Lower Austria
(Niederösterreich). A work comparing
the Danube River in Germany, Austria, and Serbia
(T2—4971) should use the comprehensive works number for Danube River and be
classed in 949.6 Balkan Peninsula.

As just seen, numbers for (implicit) comprehensive works are given for many
geographic jurisdictions, regions, and features. Similarly, they are often given for time periods. For example, at 941.081 Reign of Victoria, 1837–1901, we have the note "Class here
19th century." In conjunction
with this comprehensive treatment of the 19th century in the British
Isles are also see references for portions of the 19th century
classed elsewhere: For 1800–1820, see
941.073; for 1820–1830, see 941.074; for 1830–1837, see 941.075 (referencing
941.073 Reign of George III, 1760–1820;
941.074 Reign of George IV, 1820–1830, and 941.075 Reign of William IV, 1830–1837). What if we have a work on the history of the
pre-Victorian reigns from 1800 to 1837?
Should it be classed in 941.081, the comprehensive number for the 19th
century, or should it be classed in 941.07
Period of House of Hanover, 1714–1837?
The
answer is 941.07 Period of House of
Hanover, 1714–1837, since this number is in the upward hierarchy for all of
the relevant time periods and since 941.081 Reign of Victoria, 1837–1901 covers none of that same time.

Numbers for comprehensive
works are also given for some combinations of subjects, especially when the
comprehensive works number overrides the first-of-two rule. An example of this situation occurs in
conjunction with the number for comprehensive works on midrange and personal
computers, 004.16 Personal computers,
even though 004.14 Midrange computers
comes first.

Statements here about the number that a work should be
classed in should be understood to address the assignment of the standard DDC
number, captured in the 082 field (Dewey Decimal Classification Number) of the
MARC bibliographic record. Numbers for
component parts of the subject that are not chosen as the standard number
should be considered for inclusion in the 083 field (Additional Dewey Decimal
Classification Number).

December 04, 2012

Section 5.7 (D) of the DDC
Introduction presents the rule of three: "Class a work on three or more subjects that are all subdivisions of a
broader subject in the first higher number that includes them all (unless one
subject is treated more fully than the others)."

Let's take Dunham’s
History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
as an example. Denmark is classed in 948.9 Denmark and Finland, Sweden is
classed in 948.5 Sweden, and Norway
is classed in 948.1 Norway. By the rule of three, this work is classed in
the first higher number that includes them all, i.e., 948 Scandinavia and Finland.

Given that
Scandinavia consists of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, the rule of three simply
confirms what most classifiers probably would have done intuitively. The rule becomes more useful when the subject
of the work consists of the equal treatment of three or more topics of a rather
larger set of subtopics. For example, consider
a work on what at one time were called the "outer planets," Uranus, Neptune & Pluto. Individually the three topics would be
classed in 523.47Uranus, 523.48Neptune, and 523.4922Pluto. The first higher number that includes them all is 523.4Planets, asteroids, trans-Neptunian
objects of solar system.

Does the rule of three concern
only notational hierarchy, or does it also concern structural hierarchy? On the
one hand, the way the rule of three is stated—especially with its mention of "the
first higher number that includes [all of the subdivisions]"—suggests that it
concerns notational hierarchy only. On
the other hand, if the rule of three were to interact with the comprehensive
number for a topic, interpreting it as applying to structural hierarchy would generally
lead to appropriate classification results.
(Alternatively, we could say that notes that give the comprehensive
number for a subject override the rule of three. In any case, we get the same results.)

To explore this topic further,
let’s consider the following segment of the classification scheme:

The Minor Prophets are twelve
in number; nine are listed in the direct subdivisions of 224.9 Minor Prophets, while the other three are given in coordinate
notation at 224.6–224.8, but subordinated to 224.9 through a series of see
references. The rule of three calls for
a work on Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah to be classed in 224.9 as the first higher
subdivision that includes them all. If a
work on three of the twelve Minor Prophets in direct subdivisions of 224.9 should
be classed there, it would also make sense for a work on Hosea, Joel, Amos,
Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah—that is, a work on six of the twelve Minor Prophets,
three of which are in direct subdivisions of 224.9 and three of which are
subordinated to 224.9 through see references—to be classed in 224.9 also, as
the comprehensive number for Minor Prophets.
By the same token, we also see a work on Hosea, Joel, and Amos being
classed in 224.9, as the comprehensive number for Minor Prophets, even though
these three Minor Prophets are "only" in the structural hierarchy under 224.9
and not in its notational hierarchy. (By the way, such works are highly likely to
be commentaries, to be classed in 224.907
Commentaries on Minor Prophets, but
the building of that number gets into issues that would sidetrack us.)

A work on the history of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway should
be discoverable by a search on the history of any of the three countries; a
work on Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto should be discoverable by a search for any
of the three astronomical bodies; and a work on Hosea, Joel, and Amos should be
discoverable by a search on any of the three Biblical books. Statements here about the number that the
rule of three instructs us to use should be understood to address the
assignment of the standard DDC number, captured in the 082 field (Dewey Decimal
Classification Number) of the MARC bibliographic record. The numbers not chosen as the standard number
should be considered for inclusion in the 083 field (Additional Dewey Decimal
Classification Number).

September 20, 2012

Section
5.7 of the DDC Introduction addresses how to classify a work that includes more
than one subject in the same discipline:

5.7 A
work may include multiple subjects treated separately or in relation to one
another from the viewpoint of a single discipline. Use the following guidelines
in determining the best placement for the work:

(A) Class
a work dealing with interrelated subjects with the subject that is being acted upon.
This is called the rule of application, and takes precedence over any
other rule. For instance, class an analytical work dealing with Shakespeare's influence
on Keats with Keats. Similarly, class a work on the influence of the Great Depression
on 20th century American art with American art.

Here is introduced the rule of
application, a rule that guides the classifier in classifying a work on
interrelated subjects in which one subject can be said to act upon the
other. The rule states that such a work
should be classed with the subject acted upon.
(The characterization of the rule of application in the Glossary—"The rule instructing that works about the application of one subject to a
second subject or the influence of one subject on another subject are
classified with the second subject"—indicates
that the single discipline context in which the rule of application is presented
in the Introduction is not defining/restrictive.) The Introduction also makes clear that, if
multiple rules apply to the classification of a work and one of those rules is
the rule of application, it "trumps" (takes precedence over) all other rules. (In fact, the pre-eminence of the rule of
application is the motivation for starting our review of the rules here.)

The rule of application is also
mentioned in section 8.12 of the Introduction, where we learn that the table of
preference at the beginning of Table 1 is overruled by ("yields to") the rule
of application. For example, "by the
rule of application, teaching financial management in hospital administration
is classed in 362.110681, not 362.11071, even though notation 07 is above
notation 068 in the table of preference."
We have three subjects here:
hospitals, financial management, and teaching. Teaching is applied to financial management,
while financial management is applied to hospitals, financial management constituting
one aspect of hospital administration.
Since hospitals are the core subject acted upon, we start with 362.11 Hospitals and related institutions. We then add standard subdivision T1—0681 Organization and financial
management because this is the subject element that acts upon hospitals.

Perhaps the most common applications
of the rule of application concern the philosophy of a subject or the history
of a subject. Such works are classed in
the subject, with standard subdivisions T1—01 Philosophy and theory or T1—09 History, geographic treatment, biography added to express
philosophy or history, respectively. Thus
we have 109 for the history of philosophy and 901 for the philosophy of history. (Imagine if the rule of application were
reversed and the philosophy of all subjects was to be classed in the 100s and
the history of all subjects in the 900s!)

Given the rule of application:

Works
on Shakespeare's influence on Keats are classed in the number for Keats (821.7 English poetry—1800–1837) rather
than in the number for Shakespeare (822.33
William Shakespeare under 822.3
Drama of Elizabethan period, 1558–1625).

Works
on the use of data mining to support business decisions are classed within
business, in a subdivision of 658.4038
Information management ("Class here gathering of information by management
or use in managerial decision making; information resources, knowledge
management") rather than in 006.312 Data
mining, its interdisciplinary home within computer science. The specific number for data mining to support business decisions is 658.403802856312, built with the base number 658.4038, plus T1—0285 Computer applications, plus the
numbers following 00 in 006.312, following the add instruction at T1—0285.

Works
on the chemistry of hydrocarbon combustion are classed in the number for
hydrocarbons (547.01 Hydrocarbons)
rather than in the number for combustion (541.361
Combustion). Numbers for specific
kinds of compounds identified by component elements allow for addition from the
internal add table under 547, where we find 0453–0458 Specific topics of physical chemistry and the add
instruction to add to 045 the numbers following 541.3 in 541.33–541.38. The specific number for the chemistry of hydrocarbon combustion
therefore is 547.0104561.

Works
on the fractography of glass are classed in the materials science number for
glass (620.144 Glass) rather than in
the number for fractography (620.1126
Resistance to fracture (Fracture mechanics)). Numbers for specific kinds of materials allow
for addition from the internal add table under 620.16–620.19, where we find 1–9 Specific properties and nondestructive
testing and the add instruction to add the numbers following 620.112 in
620.1121–620.1129. The specific number
for fractography of glass therefore
is 620.1446.

Works
on obedience training for retrievers are classed in the number for retrievers (636.7527 Retrievers) rather than in the
number for obedience training (636.0887
Pets ["Class here obedience training").
Numbers for specific breeds of dogs allow for addition of notation from
the internal add table under 636.1–636.8, where we find 35 Training. The specific
number for obedience training for retrievers
therefore is 636.752735. (The decision to class obedience training for
retrievers with retrievers rather than with obedience training is reinforced by
the rule of zero, which we will look at later.)

It
is not by accident or mere coincidence in the final three examples that
provision has been made for building numbers that express the complex subject
we were interested in representing.
These reflect a pattern common throughout the DDC in which the rule of
application has, in effect, been built into the DDC. A follow-up post will give further examples
of where the rule of application is woven into the schedules.

August 29, 2012

In Rebecca's report on EPC Meeting 135, she mentioned that the agenda included a proposal on some modifications to the work methods of the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee (EPC). At Meeting 135, EPC approved a new approach to the review of additions and changes to the DDC that would permit some routine updates to be automatically implemented and then reported to EPC after the fact. Examples of such updates include certain name changes for geographic areas (ones submitted by the national library with jurisdiction over the area and confirmed by the editors), notes that follow a standard pattern found elsewhere in a schedule or table, and changes in note types.

We also closed off the period for the administration of Malas Zénāwi(the Prime Minister of Ethiopia who died on 20 August 2012) in the class-here note under 963.0721. We decided against the introduction of a new historical period in Ethiopia at this time; the acting prime minister is expected to stay in place until new elections in 2015. If we had recommended the introduction of a new historical period, we would have sought EPC’s electronic approval in advance of introducing such a change.

The changes to T2—714139 and 963.0721 are already in WebDewey, which is updated on a daily basis. We also post selected updates to the tables and schedules on the Dewey web site on the Updates to DDC 23 page. Minor corrections plus updates to the Relative Index and mapped headings are only available in WebDewey. New built numbers that only appear in the index are available in WebDewey and dewey.info.

August 23, 2012

Forty-two librarians from fifteen countries attended the International Dewey Users Meeting held in conjunction with the World Library and Information Conference (IFLA) in Helsinki on Tuesday, 14 August 2012. I kicked the session off with a presentation on four topics loosely coupled under the heading of "new views of the DDC": Dewey linked data, the virtual 200 Religion browser, new proposed notation for expressing an archaeological viewpoint (comments are due on the proposal by 15 September), and the new user contribution / number building module in WebDewey (the beta version of the module is scheduled to be installed in the English-language version of WebDewey in late September). Juli Beall followed with a presentation on recent and proposed updates to Islam and Islamic Law (comments are due on the proposal by 15 September). Elise Conradi (National Library of Norway) discussed the history and challenges associated with the development of the new Norwegian translation. Ingrid Berg (National Library of Sweden) demonstrated WebDewey Search, an end-user browsing tool based on the look and feel of WebDewey and funded by Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, National Library of Norway, and National Library of Sweden with the permission of OCLC. Finally, Karin Kleiber (Austrian National Library) gave an update on the activities of the European DDC Users’ Group (EDUG). Karin is the current chair of EDUG. Unfortunately, we ran out of time before she could link to the rich store of information on the EDUG web site—here is the link. It is important to note here that the proposal for explicit notation to express the archaeological viewpoint in Dewey was a direct result of a recommendation from the EDUG 930 Working Group.

As it turns out, this happened to be the 10th annual meeting of Dewey users held in conjunction with IFLA. At the time of the first meeting (then known as the Dewey Translators Meeting and held at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in conjunction with IFLA 2003), the German team had recently started using the Pansoft translation system that is now used by most translation teams, we were just introducing an XML distribution format based on our proprietary data markup (ESS XML), WebDewey only ran on the OCLC Connexion platform, and what we call "linked open data" today didn’t exist. I managed to find the agenda for that first meeting in Berlin (thank you, OCLC data cloud!) and was immediately struck (even with the level of technological change over the last ten years) by the similarities between the topics of interest back then and today. At the time of the 2003 meeting, we were getting ready to publish DDC 22; I gave an update on the status of the English-language standard editions. Juli followed with a discussion of the translation guidelines for DDC 22 and Abridged Edition 14. The late Magda Heiner-Freiling discussed the German model for the use of Dewey in national bibliographies. Diane Vizine-Goetz (OCLC Research) discussed ESS XML (the predecessor to our current MARCXML distribution format). There were also two roundtables: one on methodologies for terminology association between Dewey and controlled vocabularies, and another consisting of short reports from the Arabic, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, and Russian translation teams (with the exception of the Greek translation, representatives from each of the aforementioned teams plus the Swedish team were present at this year’s meeting in Helsinki).

We are looking forward with excitement to the next ten years of working together with the worldwide Dewey community—see you in Singapore next August at IFLA 2013!

July 17, 2012

At the request of the European DDC Users’ Group (EDUG) 930 Archaeology Working Group, we have studied the provision for special notation to represent treatment of topics and places from an archaeological viewpoint. We have always intended that the archaeology of a specific subject outside of 900 go with the subject (plus the appropriate subdivision of Table 1—09 if applicable), but we realize that there are currently no specific instructions to this end beyond standard Dewey practice. We propose to make this instruction specific, and to extend it through the addition of specific notation in Table 1 and under 930-990. We also propose small adjustments to existing instructions under 930.1, 609, and 338.09.

A draft outlining the specific proposals is available on the discussion paper page of the Dewey web site. Please comment directly to this blog entry or by one of the alternative methods given with the draft by 15 September 2012.

February 2015

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